Geo: 29.4045, 34.9758We had a 2am wake up call this morning, as we are going up Mt Sinai, which sounds like hard work. We began our walk at 3am, 5 minutes later I take the camel option- I wouldn't want the camels to get lazy and unfit!! The sky was beautiful and full of stars. The ride was really smooth and enjoyable in the dark. Passed lots of people walking up. It was getting cooler as I got higher up. On the way up I passed a small group with a lady lying on the ground- she didn't look too good. Wayne was trying to help, but couldn't do anything and kept walking. The ride was much better than walking in the dark and much more fun. The end of the ride was at the camel ... read more

Geo: 29.1853, 30.7446Was woken by Tarek at 8.30am to get ready to get off the train. Went back to the Pharoah's Hotel, had a shower, then Shastra and I had lunch at Tikka Chicken- an Egyptian fast food chain. Then after our afternoon nap we caught a taxi to the Khan al Khalli market. This time we went to the tourist section and saw no hanging meat. We bought perfume and perfume bottles- home they make it back to Australia. That night the whole group went out for dinner. Most of the group kicked on, wasn't in the mood, so went back early. I am over Egyptian food- hope Jordanian food is better.... read more

Geo: 24.9573, 31.9535Mummy Tummy hit me this morning, it was not good, cramps and then the runs. Took some Immodium and went back to bed. I had to miss out on the walking tour of Luxor. When I did get up I sat on the sun deck, read magazines and went a bit pink. After a lunch of hot, cooked food, a few of us went to a cafe for a drink- they made a pretty good iced coffee. In the afternoon we travelled to Karnak temple by horse and carriage- it was really fun, especially when we overtook people from our group. This city has traffic lights and the horses obeyed them. Karnak temple was pretty huge, in one part there are 134 columns. It was built by Ramses II who loved himself and didn't ... read more

Geo: 22.7308, 30.8629Our wake-up call this morning was at 3am, I hate early mornings. We weren't allowed to be late, otherwise the convoy leaves without us and we miss out. 10 years ago tourists were shot by terrorists, so the only way to get there is to be in a convoy. Three hours later we arrived. I got quite a bit of sleep on the bus which was good. There are two huge temples here. Ramses II and Nefertitis- his favourite wife of 62. Both temples were built near the dam and in 1967 were moved up the hill to higher ground. One of the heads of Ramses fell off during an earthquake and they have left it on the ground. Nefertitis was built first and is much smaller than Ramses. Both were decorated 4,000 years ... read more

Geo: 30.0571, 31.2272Today was excellent. We drove to the Giza Pryamids. They are amazing. There are three large ones. The biggest one was closed, so we had the option to go into the 2nd largest one, which belonged to the pharaohs son. I was hesitant to go in. It is quite claustrophobic. The height at some sections is only 1.3m and its not very wide- quite cosy when they are people going in and out on the same steps. It was scary and hard to breath when I thought about all the stones above me. The pyramids are not hollow, like I thought they were. They were built 3,000 years ago and took 20 - 30 years to build. They started building the pyramid when the pharaoh started ruling. It took 100,000 workers to build them. ... read more